by Nobis Project | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog
By Christen Clougherty, Ph.D. One of the goals of Nobis World programs is to engage in the deep work of reflecting on our personal perspectives of power, privilege and systems of oppression. A participant asked me recently why I, a white, middle class woman chooses to...
by Nobis Project | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog
Over 70 years ago the Gullah residents of Harris Neck, Georgia were abruptly ordered to leave their coastal property so that the U.S. military could use their land for training. Residents were given a promise that they could return after WWI ended, but instead the...
by Nobis Project | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
Vanessa, a teacher from Brooklyn Friends School, shares about her experience with global service learning projects. She reflects on her experience with Nobis World in the Dominican Republic on the Wandering Educators blog. She shares that on the Nobis World program:...
by Nobis Project | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog
by Christen Clougherty How do you bring the global into the classroom in a way that engages the students in meaningful global work that feels relevant to their experience? It was this challenge that prompted me to develop what is now the Nobis Global Action Model....
by Nobis Project | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog
By Christen Clougherty When I begin a global service-learning project in my classroom there is usually one student who questions why we are working with an international community when there is so much need here at home. They usually call up the phrase, “think...
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